Insurance-covered Covid testing at firms may start this month

Testing for Covid-19, covered by health insurers, could begin at companies in the Czech Republic by the end of February. Agreement has been reached on this between employers and government ministries, the deputy president of the Confederation of Industry and Transport, Jan Rafaj, told the Czech News Agency on Saturday.

Mr. Rafaj said the start date for the testing would depend on when the Ministry of Health sets out the conditions for conducting them. Employees would be able to avail of free antigen tests every three days under the scheme.